10 Things I am grateful for this Thanksgiving

10 things I am thankful for…

1. good restaurants. I love to eat out! I absolutely love to eat out. It is the highlight of my week. If the restaurant has Coke instead of Pepsi then I am even happier.

2. Hair - it looks weird to have “hair” at the top of my list, but it’s true. I finally feel like I am back to normal. 2 years ago, I was totally bald. Last year, my hair was short and curly. This year, its right where I want it. Who knows, maybe I will let it keep growing-why? Because I can. I have hair that grows. If someone told me years ago that I would be grateful for my hair, I wouldn’t believe them. If someone said I would be wearing flowers in my hair too, I wouldn’t believe them either!

3. A washer and dryer. Like many moms out there, laundry can consume our entire week. If I had to wash everything by hand with a washboard and then hang it out to dry; I think I would break down so badly that Kyle would have to institutionalize me. I break down a lot over laundry- it could be worse.

4. A sink disposal. A few weeks ago, our sink disposal broke. This mishap turned our lives upside down. Okay, that statement might be a slight exaggeration; but man, oh, man, life was not pretty. We could not keep up on the dishes. Washing them by hand felt so foreign and old-fashioned.

5. air-freshners. Have you smelled my sons lately? Not pretty. Just pretty smelly. Awhile back, Conner came home from school smelling really funky. I couldn’t pin point where the smell was coming from. This bad odor continued on for nearly a week. He smelled like cat pooh. No joke! It smelled like cat crap. I finally found where the smell was coming from- his shoes. I nearly passed out when I took a whiff of them. A little bleach and the washing machine corrected the problem. The ironic thing about this was that at the time Conner was in Mr. Zani’s class. If you know Mr. Zani, you know that he likes air-freshners (an uderstatement). Could it be possible that he was just covering up my kid’s bad odor? Ha ha.

6. Text messaging. If you text, then you know why I am grateful for texting.

7. Harmons. I love Harmons. Someone once said that Harmons is like the Nordstroms of grocery stores. Going to Harmons is not a task but an experience. Love it!

8. My family. Of course, I am thankful for my family. I have such a loving and supportive family. This also includes extended family and in-laws. For the past few years on fathers’ day and mothers’ day, Kyle’s parents and mine combine for Sunday dinner. Its not common to hear of this arrangement. But I’m sure more people would do it if their family was as small as ours.

9. My friends. Some of my dear friends I consider as my sisters. They are the sisters I never had.

10. The gospel. Sounds so cliché, but its true. The church rocks!